Thursday, July 20, 2006

Nikon to Release a New Digital SLR

Today, Nikon began a series of teasers in preparation for annoucing a new camera 20 days from now. Very little can be inferred from the teaser issued today, other than the promise of a more compact 10.2 megapixel SLR with more power, control, excitement, and versatility (than what, I wonder?).

Here's what little can be inferred from today's teaser:

The camera appears to have two control wheels, one in the front and one in the rear. Nikon's 1 control wheel cameras are always in the rear, so the rear control wheel can be inferred.

The controls appear to be more D200-like than D70 like, if the location of the "format" button is any clue.

It look like there's a pop-up flash, given the line on the pentaprism.

The pentaprism does not look like any current Nikon digital SLR, and in fact, it reminds me of the original Fujifilm S1pro which was based on the Nikon N60.

About Me

I work in Federal law enforcement, but I enjoy photography as a hobby. Over the years, I've owned cameras of all kinds, from Pentax to Canon to Nikon, from film to digital, from 110 to medium format. I may not be great, but I'm reasonably competent.